W. Visayas posts highest single-day recoveries at 10

By Emme Rose Santiagudo

Western Visayas has posted 10 more coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors on Saturday – the highest number of single-day recoveries recorded in the region, according to the Department of Health Center for Health Development in Western Visayas (DOH-CHD 6).

The 10 new recoveries include the four members of the Wong Family in Lambunao, Iloilo – WV Patient Nos. 27, 28, 29, and 30.

The couple from Pavia, Iloilo – WV Patient Nos. 37 and 38 – have also recovered 19, the health department reported.

In Bacolod City, two patients survived COVID-19 – WV Patient No. 6, a 75-year-old male; and No. 26; 48-year-old male.

The two other recoveries are in Roxas City, Capiz, a 25-year-old male (WV Patient No. 33) and a 69-year-old male (WV Patient No. 39) from Pandan, Antique.

According to Dr. Renilyn Reyes, DOH-CHD 6 spokesperson, the 10 new recoveries are the highest in a day for the region.

“So far, our ten recoveries nga narecord sila ini ang pinakadamo nga narecord na recoveries in a day. Most of them naka-home quarantine lang and ang gamay lang na-admit sa ospital,” she told Daily Guardian on Sunday.

As of Sunday, COVID-19 recoveries in the region totaled to 24 against nine deaths.

Iloilo province recorded the highest number of COVID-19 recoveries at nine, followed by Aklan (4) and Bacolod City (4), Capiz (3), Iloilo City (2), Antique (1), and Negros Occidental (1).